With the rising reputation of the K-Pop music style, extra K-Pop songs are reaching spectacular streaming milestones extra rapidly than ever earlier than. Nonetheless, the variety of artists that get into the tens or lots of of tens of millions of streams in a brief interval continues to be comparatively small, and in reality, the highest 100 most-streamed K-Pop songs of 2023 on Spotify belong to simply 12 completely different Korean leisure labels.
HYBE Labels has essentially the most prime 100 songs, with 59 belonging to them. This consists of songs by BTS and its particular person members, NewJeans, SEVENTEEN, ENHYPEN, LE SSERAFIM, and TXT. Their 5 most-streamed songs are “Seven” by Jungkook, “Like Loopy” by Jimin, “OMG” and “Tremendous Shy” by NewJeans, and “3D” by Jungkook.
JYP Leisure has the second-most prime 100 tracks belonging to them at 11 songs, launched by artists Stray Youngsters, TWICE, NMIXX, ITZY, Jihyo, and TWICE’s MISAMO. Their prime 5 most-streamed songs are “S-Class” by Stray Youngsters, “Moonlight Dawn” and “Set Me Free” by TWICE, “Love Me Like This” by NMIXX, and “LALALALA” by Stray Youngsters.
SM Leisure is available in third place, with 9 of the highest 100 most-streamed songs. This consists of songs by EXO (and members Kai and Baekhyun), aespa, NCT DREAM, and NCT DOJAEJUNG. Out of those, their 5 most-streamed songs are “Rover” by Kai, “Spicy” and “Maintain on Tight” by aespa, “Fragrance” by NCT DOJAEJUNG, and “Higher Issues” by aespa.
YG Leisure is the label with the fourth-most prime 100 songs, with six belonging to them. All of those belong to BLACKPINK and members Jisoo and Jennie, and the most- to least-streamed of them are “Flower” by Jisoo, “One of many Ladies” by Jennie, “All Eyes On Me” by Jisoo, “You & Me” by Jennie, “The Ladies” by BLACKPINK, and “You & Me” (Coachella ver.) by Jennie.
Starship Leisure is up subsequent, with three of their songs — IVE‘s “I Am”, “Kitsch”, and “Baddie” — making it to the highest 100 this yr. The Black Label additionally had three songs attain this milestone: “Vibe” by Taeyang (ft. Jimin), “Shoong!” by Taeyang (ft. Lisa), and “Quick Ahead” by Somi.
Dice Leisure, ATTRAKT, and XGALX every had two of their songs make it into the highest 100. They’re “Queencard” and “Allergy” by (G)I-DLE (beneath Dice Leisure), “Cupid” (Twin ver.) and “Cupid” by FIFTY FIFTY (beneath ATTRAKT), and “Capturing Star” and “Left Proper” by XG (beneath XGALX).
Lastly, KQ Leisure, Metaverse Leisure, and WM Leisure wrap up the checklist, every with one tune making it into the 100 top-streamed songs of 2023. They’re, respectively, “BOUNCY (Ok-HOT CHILLI PEPPERS)” by ATEEZ, “Pandora” by MAVE:, and “Knock” by Lee Chaeyeon.
Do you suppose there will likely be extra variety in what number of labels make it into the highest 100 most-streamed songs on Spotify subsequent yr, or will it get much more monopolized?